CAMIEL DAAMEN

Camiel Daamen is known for his live and dj-sets. Versatile, often heavy on the groove, including lots of percussive and jazzy elements along the way.

His sound is hard to pigeonhole as he creates house grooves just as easy as techno bangers or dub soundscapes. Happy or sad, driving or relaxing it all permits to his versatile sound, as his personality. Energetic, emotional and always smiling.

So far Camiel released music on Origins Records, Whoyostro, Viva Music, Serkal Music, Inmotion, Act Natural, Arupa Music, Tzinah, Deep Tech, Cervidae Recordings, Soulman Music, Inhouse Records, Eklektisch, Morgen.AM, Natural Rhythm, Flash Recordings and yes even many more. He played infamous clubs like Studio 80, Paradigm, Air, Kater, Wilde Renate. His live sets have been travelling through various countries in Europe ranging from Germany to England, Poland, Macedonia, Turkey, Malta and Ibiza.

Besides his artist endeavours he is one of the founding fathers of Dancefair. An event in Holland for aspiring producers and djs that has 5000 people attending every year. He helped setting up the event in the first year and still is involved by doing masterclasses there every year.

He runs a music school called Lessons In Live. Often you’ll find him sharing his ideas about making music in Holland and abroad. He’s a indemand speaker for events and organisations like Dancefair, Amsterdam Dance Event, Sound Education and the SAE institute Amsterdam. Talking about his 20 years of experience in music production, live performance and workflow.

Music is life